Experience

Modular Assembly Innovations
• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Corporate Purchasing Process Leader

  • Aug 2022 - Present


Great Lakes Assemblies

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Supervisor

  • 2018 - Nov 2022

  • OEM Buyer, duties include purchasing and maintaining inventory to support 3 MAI facilities which supply JIT finished assembly component (two plants are remotely ordered & managed)• Ordered MRO parts, hardware, small parts, CNG parts, wheels (auto & motorcycle) and tires • Oversee orders for additional suppliers including HSP, JSP, and ZF • Purchased wheels in excess of $1 billion annually• Tracked expedite shipments due to internal issues, supplier or carrier issues• Secured supplier capacity surveys, NAFTA and IMDS• On call 24hrs, 7 days a week when needed and work from home when necessary• QAD supplier scheduling and sending EDI, new supplier/part set-up, releasing lots from QAD to Hirata and processing receiving paperwork• Manage iPurchase requisition orders to suppliers• Inventory control knowledge from planning to build out in both auto & center console• Managing supplier crisis management due to capacity and other issues• Buildout and excess, and no use reporting/tracking• Goal setting and business plan development• ISO audit preparation and recertification support Show less

• Senior Purchasing Buyer

  • 2005 - 2018

  • Design change management due to capacity issues• GLA Newsletter Committee• Honda portal compensation request processing• Follow-up on tire trouble reports to suppliers & NCR/CAR’S• Supplier performance reports• Scheduling experience all areas • Motorcycle sales orders and schedules• Layered process audits• Supplier QAV visits• Scheduling, updating and monitoring trucks for GLA & GSA coming from AAP• Year-end inventories included counting, auditing and processing paperwork into the system, block leader & forklift movement• Processing of damaged trailers and empty trailer removal from yard• Process PO returns to credit supplier• QAD clean up • EDI set-up• Controlling inventory days on hand• Ongoing communication with Honda and suppliers for quality issues, emergency plant closures etc. N/M material planning• Experience in using ASRS 830's, SQR's and parts order plan reports• Yard management system training• Utilize FileZilla reporting system• Responsible for checking auto schedules• Parameter set-up (lead time, safety stock, etc.)• Effectively advising & directing MPL groups and plant staff on supplier/part status issues Show less



Midwest Express, Inc.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Associate

  • 2000 - 2005

  • Scheduled/checked auto production schedules using the scheduled quantity remaining and provided information to other departments for production• Involved in new model preparation and verification• DSPS/JSP end of month inventories and reporting• Release lots and print SQR's using AS400 and Honda mainframe • Ordered parts using master schedule from Honda• Monitored parts for shorts and overages (tire & wheels) using a spreadsheet when parts were DSPS• Purchased all part lines when direct buy• Year-end inventories counting, auditing, and processing information into the system, block leader• Utilized ASRS reports for build out planning Show less

• Production Control Team Leader

  • 1998 - 2000

  • Involved with Receiving Clerk duties; processing paperwork from the drivers and inputting into the AS400 as well as yard checks and setting up the empty logs• Supervised Receiving Clerks and Schedulers• Supported tire docks throwing tires and documenting results in the correct logs, along with wheel load and weight application on the assembly line when needed

• Shipping and Receiving Clerk; Warehouse Associate

  • Feb 1990 - 1998